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BROKEN: Jeffrey Epstein

6. Life and Death at a Downtown Jail

BROKEN: Jeffrey Epstein

Sony Music

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, News

4.23.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Why Jeffrey Epstein’s death was nearly 50 years in the making – and what it tells us about our justice system. If you’d like to support survivors of sexual abuse, please consider making a donation to RAINN at donate.rainn.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there! Here's some important news from Network Rail,

0:03.3

if you're planning to catch a train over the May Bank holiday weekends.

0:07.3

From the 28th of April to the 1st of May and from the 27th to the 29th of May,

0:12.8

Network Rail will be working to upgrade and improve the railway for us all.

0:17.2

And while most of the network will stay open,

0:19.7

some train services will be affected. So, be in the know before you go.

0:24.9

Please check before you travel at nationalrail.co.uk forward slash May.

0:35.6

I'm Arielle Levy and this is Broken, Jeffrey Epstein.

0:50.0

As we've been reporting this story of Jeffrey Epstein's life,

0:53.6

many of you have wondered about his death.

0:56.3

Epstein was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan,

1:01.9

August 10th, 2019. He was awaiting trial at the time. His death was ruled a suicide,

1:08.6

but that hasn't stopped the questions surrounding it. So this week, for our season finale,

1:14.5

a special report, the jail where he spent his final days.

1:19.0

Here's our executive producer, Adam Davidson.

1:23.8

If you're listening to this show, I'm going to go ahead and assume that you know that

1:28.3

Jeffrey Epstein was found dead back in August while he was waiting for his upcoming trial.

1:33.7

You also know that there are a lot of questions about that death.

1:39.0

So here's what we know with some degree of certainty. He was found at around 6.30am

1:45.2

with a ligature, sort of a noose, made of torn strips from his bedsheet tied around his neck.

1:51.2

The other end tied to the top of a bunk bed. He had been removed from suicide watch 11 days before.

1:58.3

The guards assigned to his tear were overworked and not following protocol. In fact,

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